Aly Raisman, Jason Lezak shine for Team USA
While both took to the podiums in London this week to receive a medal, 18-year-old Aly Raisman’s Olympic star was rising as 36-year-old swimmer Jason Lezak’s appeared to be setting.
While both took to the podiums in London this week to receive a medal, 18-year-old Aly Raisman’s Olympic star was rising as 36-year-old swimmer Jason Lezak’s appeared to be setting.
U.S. swimmer Torres wins two silvers
Harry Sondheim, a retired criminal prosecutor for the L.A. County D.A.\’s office, was traveling in Holland when he simply noticed an artifact that appealed to him. \”They had a museum, Der Weg, which means the Weighing House. They had an artist named Bicart. I bought some postcards with depictions of Jewish ceremonies on them. You can\’t buy those postcards any longer.\”
\”People wear this jewelry to make a statement,\” Yael Swerdlow said, \”and we hope to make ours.\”
Silversmith David Friedman has the unique ability to trace the origin of almost every antique that comes across his desk.
\”Myer Myers: Jewish Silversmith in Colonial New York,\” represents the largest collection ever amassed of Jewish silversmith work.
Israel is preparing a package of gestures designed to revive the Mideast peace negotiations that have been frozen since work began on a contentious Jewish housing project at Har Homa in East Jerusalem two months ago.
Despite its propaganda success in the United Nations General Assembly, where 134 countries last weekend denounced Israeli construction on the disputed Har Homa site in East Jerusalem, the Palestinian Authority is in despair over the stagnant peace process.